As I suspected, they’re bullshit.

“You should have pelvic exams and Pap tests based on your age and health history. But you don’t need them just to get a prescription for birth control pills.”

http://www.choosingwisely.org/patient-resources/pelvic-exams-pap-tests-and-oral-contraceptives/

Uhhh... what?? That’s totally unnecessary and bonkers, and sounds an awful lot like medical paternalism.

(Though after reading about this a little bit, I guess this is standard?? Maybe get an IUD?)

This idea that women shouldn’t have sex if they don’t want to get pregnant, and that we have an obligation to carry a pregnancy to term, is so ridiculous and morally repugnant in a free society.

Let’s say his argument is true, and that a fetus has human rights. Let’s go with that for a second.

I’d like to see a scoring system that could give equal weight to excellent choreography and artistry and not so much to technical - I think to do that we’d have to have some kind of a ceiling on the scores. But it’s a subjective system and nothing is going to be perfect. 

Best female athlete in history? I think there’s a case to be made for Simone Biles.

we have literally never seen a gymnast an athlete that is as good as she is

Well, we can thank the scoring system. You see it in figure skating, as well. You can’t get a gold medal in men’s figure skating now without being able to execute a quad, because of the way the scoring works. It heavily favors power over artistry. So athletes with less power but more finesse don’t have any kind of…

During the press meeting with Kerry Perry, the new USA Gymnastics boss suggested that she’s had a lot of interaction with Biles and her family. When this was mentioned to Biles, this seemed like it was news to her.

I’ve traveled solo in the UK, India, and contintental Europe, and it’s all been great. My solo traveler friends also really love traveling in Southeast Asia general, especially to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

One of the things I really loved about it was meeting other travelers, particularly other women…

Wow. Clearly one of the greatest athletes in the world right now (also arguably amongst the greatest ever.)

I have a broken toe right now and cannot even imagine. This is (one reason) why she’s an elite athlete and I’m not.

I think he’s been maybe watching too much SNL?

Hey, good for his dad for telling him to get out. But then wtf, did he lock his dad out and just sit back down?? These guys are trash. With my apologies to trash.

Nothing in my comment suggested that women are never abusers. However, as I said in response to another comment, the VAST majority of those accused of sexual harassment and assault are male. By a considerably, enormously wide margin, in every industry. If a majority of politicians were women, then statistically…

Of course it wouldn’t eliminate it, and I rather obviously never said it would.

Hey you know what we need? More women in politics.

San Francisco, I’m afraid. At Smitten, if you’re ever in town. Chocolate Ganache flavor. It is the literal best.

Whoever is still following this will be happy to know that I’ve stumbled across a major breakthrough thanks to this piece that my outside reader suggested, and it’s going to solve a mystery that I’d wondered about. So: yay! Now the issue is reworking a bunch of what I’ve written so far, which is already a couple…

If you’re ever in SF you have to go to Smitten and try their chocolate ganache ice cream, it is literally the best chocolate ice cream you will ever put into your face.